G/TBT/N/RWA/459  
29 July 2021  
(21-5874) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  RWANDA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  Rwanda Standards Board(RSB)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Rwanda Stand ards Board  
KK 15 Rd, 49  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov.rw   
Website: www.rsb.gov.rw  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Cheese 
(ICS 67.100.30)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  DRS 50 -9: 
2021, Cheese — Specification Part 9: Goat cheese (15 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Draft Rwanda Standard specifies requirements, sampling 
and test methods for goat cheese intended for human consumption o r for further 
processing.  
This Standard applies to goat cheese made from pasteurized goat's milk.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements; Reducing trade barriers and facilitating trade  
8. Relevant documents:   
AOAC 926.08, Rapid Determination of Moisture/Solids and Fat in Dairy Products by 
Microwave and Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Analysis  
AOAC 942.17, Arsenic in food. Molybdenum blue method  
AOAC 999.10, Determination of Lead, Cadmium, Copper, Iron, and Zinc in foods, 
Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometry after dry ashing  
ISO 1735, Cheese and processed cheese products — Determination of fat content  — 
Gravimetric method (Reference method)  
ISO 5534, Cheese and processed cheese — Determination of the total solids content 
(Reference method)  
ISO 5546, Caseins and caseinates — Determination of pH (Reference method)  G/TBT/N/RWA/459  
 
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  ISO 5943, Cheese and processed cheese pr oducts — Determination of chloride 
content  — Potentiometric titration method  
ISO 6733, Milk and milk products — Determination of lead content — Graphite furnace 
atomic absorption spectrometric method  
ISO 8197, Milk and milk products — Sampling inspection by variables  
RS CAC/RCP 1, Code of practice — General Principles for food hygiene  
RS EAS 38, Labelling of pre -packaged foods — General requirements  
RS ISO 11290 -2, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection 
and enumeration of List eria monocytogenes and of Listeria spp. — Part 2: Enumeration 
method  
RS ISO 16649 -2, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of -glucuronidase -positive Escherichia coli — Part 2: Colony -count 
technique at 44 ° C using 5 -bromo -4-chloro -3-indolyl -D-glucuronide  
RS ISO 4832, Microbiology of food and animal feeding stuffs — Horizontal method for 
the enumeration of coliforms — Colony -count technique  
RS ISO 5538, Milk and milk products — Sampling inspection by attribu tes 
RS ISO 5738, Milk and milk products — Determination of copper content — Photometric 
method (Reference method)  
RS ISO 6579 -1, Microbiology of the food chain — Horizontal method for the detection, 
enumeration and serotyping of Salmonella — Part 1: Detect ion of Salmonella spp.  
RS ISO 6611, Milk and milk products — Enumeration of colony -forming units of yeasts 
and/or moulds — Colony -count technique at 25 degrees C  
RS ISO 6732, Milk and milk products — Determination of iron content — Spectrometric 
method (Re ference method)  
RS ISO 707, Milk and milk products — Guidance on sampling  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  To be determined  
Proposed date of entry into force:  to be determined  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
KK 15 Rd, 49  
Toll Free: 3250  
Tel: +250 788303492  
Email: info@rsb.gov .rwWe bsite: www.rsb.gov.rw  
P.O.BOX 7099, Kigali, Rwanda  
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